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Earning Criteria

Recipients must complete the earning criteria to earn this badge

Competencies

• Students will be able to develop a stakeholder engagement toolbox as part of the COAST Card project, which includes innovative approaches for listening sessions and gathering stakeholder input.
• Students will provide results leading to a Potomac River Report Card utilizing listening sessions throughout the Potomac Watershed.
• Students will be able to evaluate stakeholder engagement strategies and their impact on fostering trust among stakeholders, scientists, and managers.
• Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of the complex socio-environmental system in the Chesapeake region. Through this understanding and exposure to the other COAST Card study sites globally, they will gain an appreciation of the different challenges and opportunities in other parts of the world.
• Students will be able to explain the importance of robust models, such as system dynamics models, in providing scientif

Learning Activities

• Students will be provided tools to create a stakeholder engagement toolbox related to coastal and ocean sustainability. They will present their engagement toolbox to their peers for feedback utilizing listening sessions throughout the Potomac Watershed.
• Students will organize and accomplish stakeholder listening sessions to obtain input from a diverse range of stakeholders. They will incorporate their stakeholder engagement for their Report Card presentation adding input gathered during innovative listening sessions.
• Students will directly experience a diversity of Chesapeake Bay habitats through field trips and site visits from the mountains to the sea.
• Students will visit a variety of scientific research laboratories and meet with active environmental researchers to gain an exposure to the types of environmental research conducted in the Chesapeake region.
• Students will be making presentations to a variety of audiences, including the Chesapeake Bay Program and the UMCES Integration and Application Network.

The evaluation criteria focus on the fostering of trust among stakeholders, scientists, and managers.

Method of Assessment

• Creation of the stakeholder engagement toolbox and Potomac River Report Card.

Mastery level
Assessed based on the creativity and innovation demonstrated in developing the toolbox, the comprehensiveness of the strategies included, and the clarity of the documentation. Presentation of the stakeholder engagement toolbox and Potomac River Report Card

Method of Assessment

• Application of social network analysis techniques to identify key stakeholders for receiving scientific information and guidance based on COAST Card report cards.

Mastery level
Assessed based on the accuracy of stakeholder identification, the application of appropriate social network analysis techniques, and the ability to justify the selection based on relevant criteria.

Method of Assessment

• Reflective essay or presentation discussing the importance of robust models, such as system dynamics models, in providing scientific information for catalyzing positive change.

Mastery level
Assessed based on the depth of understanding demonstrated in explaining the importance of robust models, the ability to articulate the link between models and positive change, and the integration of relevant examples or evidence.